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Buffer Blocks vs Disk Block

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Hello,
What is difference between? I'm confused 
Disk buffer: The area of memory where blocks reside temporarily is called the disk buffer
Buffer Blocks: The blocks residing temporarily in main memory are referred to as buffer blocks

Disk buffer in main memory?(Ram?)

Wikipedia:

In computer storage, disk buffer (often ambiguously called disk cache or cache buffer) is the embedded memory in a hard disk drive (HDD) acting as a buffer between the rest of the computer and the physical hard disk platter that is used for storage


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